Dumping apparatus.



No. 700,ll5. Patented May 13, I902.

J. EG'LI. DUMPING APPARATUS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF CE.

JOHN EGLI, OF MINIER, ILLINOIS.

DUMPING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 00,115, dated May 13, 1902.

Application filed September 16, 1901. Serial No, 75,535. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN EGLI,"a citizen of The construction of theimprovement will.

be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification, and its novel featureswill be definedin the appended claims; In the drawings, Figure 1 is atop plan view of an apparatus embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a reverse or bottom plan of: the apparatus.Fig. 1 is a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is adetail longitudinal section of the rear end of my invention. 7 w

The reference-numeral'l designates the sides of the frame of theapparatus, connected by end bars2 and-3 and mortised to receive theplatform-supports l, upon which 'rests the platform 5. V

6 and'7 designate tilting beams pivotally secured at opposite sides ofthe platform, as shown at 8, and connected at their forward ends by across-bar 9, the endsofwhich pro-.

ject beyond the tilting beams and carry journals 10, upon which aremounted pulleys 11. The ends of the journals 10 extend into curved slots12, formed in the rearwardly-inclined bars 13,-secured to the sides '-'1and braced thereto by braces 14.

and 16 designate cords, each secured at one end to the upper end of oneof the bars 13, thence passing under the pulleys 11 and over pulleys 17,supportedin the brackets 18 at the upper,endsofthelbars13;"and finallythrough openings 19 in'the frame'to a shaft 20, to which the cords areattached.

The shaft 20 is supported inbearin gs formed in the sides 1 and carrieson one end beyond the frame a sprocketwheel 21 and a crank 22,

said sprocket being connected by a chain 23 with a sprocket-wheel 21,mounted in a bracket 25 upon a standard 26at one side of the frame.

Each of the tilting beams 6 and 7 is provided at its rear end with aweight 27, and said rear ends are engaged by a transverse locking-bar28, slidably supported below the platform in keepers 29 and pivotallyconnected by strips 30 to one end of a lever 31, fulcrumed below theplatform, the outer end of said lever being pivotally connected by abent link 32; to avertically-disposed lever 33, fulcrumed on the innerside of the adjacent sidel.

Normally the locking-bar 28 engages the weighted endsof the .beams' 6and 7 and prevents them from tilting. When a wagon has been placed onthe beams and it is desired to dump its contents, the lever 33 is pushedrearward,which disengages the locking-bar 28 from the tilting beams,after which by turning the shaft 20 by its crank the cords 15 and 16arewound upon said shaft, thus elevating the front ends of the beams.

' It will-be noted that I securely brace the front ends of-the beams 6and 7 together by means of the cross-bar 9 and-also guide said cross-barin the movement of the tilting beams bythe slotted bars 13andtheextensions of the journals 10.

The contents of the .wagon are adapted to bedumped into atransversely-disposed conveyer 34," located at the rear of the machineand which in turn'delivers to a hinged chute 35, the latter beingconnected by a cord 36 to a crank-shaft;37, mounted in bearings onparallel standards 38. The chute is thus adapted to be turned up againsta frame 39 when in use.

I claim 1. In a dumping apparatus, the combination with a platform; ofparallel tilting beams connected at their front ends by a transversebar, journals secured to the tilting beams, means for tiltingsaid.beams,.an d means for guiding them in their movement, comprisingbars having curved'slots adapted to receive the said journals.

2. In a dumping apparatus, the combination with a fixed platform; ofparallel tilting beams connected at their front ends by a transversebar, said bar having its ends projecting beyond the tilting beams, meansfor tilting said beams, and guides secured to the frame adapted toreceive the projecting ends of the said transverse bar.

3. In a dumping apparatus, the combination with a platform havingkeepers secured to its under side, of a pair of tilting beams, means forraising and lowering the same, and means for locking the tilting beamsin position comprising a locking-bar slidably mounted in the saidkeepers, a horizontally-disposed lever fulcrumed below the platform,strips connecting the said locking-bar to one end of the said lever, anda vertically-disposed lever fulcrumed on the frame having its lower endconnected to the opposite end of the horizontally-disposed lever.

.1:- In a dumping apparatus, the combination with a fixed platform ofparallel tilting beams connected at their front ends by a transversebar, means for tilting said beams and means for guiding them in theirmovement, comprising rearWardly-inclined bars having curved slots andprojections from said transverse bar moving in said slots.

5. In a dumping apparatus, the combination with a pair of Weightedtilting beams, of a transverse brace connecting the front ends of thebeams, journals projecting from the ends of said brace, pulleys on saidjournals, elevating-cords on said pulleys, inclined bars rising from theframe and having curved slots to receive the ends of said journals, awinding-shaft and crank for said cords, means for locking the beamsagainst movement, a conveyer and a chute adjacent to the conveyer.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN EGLI.

\Vitnesses:

JOSEPH AUGSBURGER,

1. H. NAFFZIGER.

